Jupiter Apolinario is a charismatic leader in a distant future where human
civilizations are divided by vast gulfs of space and time. Eluding the ancient
and deadly robotic ships of a long-vanished alien race, Jupiter has brought his
army of followers to the world of Deception Well. The planet is rumored to
seethe with alien plagues -- the fallout of an ancient war fought on the
nanotechnological scale. Jupiter has promised his people an ecstatic
communion if they will follow him to the surface, but that plan is thwarted
by the people of Silk, a city perched on a space elevator, 200 miles above the
Well. In the confusion of battle Jupiter disappears, leaving behind his army,
and his son, Lot, who is driven to uncover both the truth behind his father's
promises, and the meaning of his heritage.
"...[Lot] does find his answers, which open out into
speculations on the transformation of humanity by
technology, the slow-grinding machinery of evolution,
and on the role (and limitations) of consciousness in that
process. This payoff puts Deception Well firmly in the
company of Stapledon, Benford, Bear, McAuley, and
Niven..." (Locus)
"What Lot learns is what we learn. By the time the last
piece is in place, other readers may feel, as I did, that
this story of love coerced, lost and (possibly) redeemed
could not be told to greater effect with any other
method." (New York Times Book Review)
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